Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-01-22
I sor with. and strong TOR God. "He shall d.

til all the doors that Livingstone opened IN
Aries shall be entered and Bishop. lavior
with his band OF self-supportlng missionaries
have done their work, and the Ashantees ana
Senevambians shall know Christ as well as
Won knov h IN. anu there shall he on the banks
oof the Nile and the Niger higher civilization
than is now TO be found on the banks OF the
Hudson, then Christ will divide up that CONT |
nent among his friends. Wait until china, |
which is half as large as all Europe, shall have
developed her capacities for rice and tea, ana |
sugar among edibles; and her anne hyst, anu
sapphire, and topaz, and opal and jasper, ana
porphyry, among precious stones; ana ner
rosewood. and bOny, and camphor, AM var,
pish trees among precious woods; ana turned
I'D from her depths half dozen PennsylVa-
MAS OF coal and iron, and twent" Nevadas OF
silver, and fly CALIFORNIA; Of gold, and her
five hundred million of people shall be evan
gelized; then the Lord will divide 1t up among
the good. -. .ho
IL nv text be not o deception, Out the
eternal truth, then the time IS coming Mnen
all the farms will be owned b. Chrlsuan
farmers and all the commerce controheu
by Christian merchants, and All the au,
thorfty held bv Christian ofhclals, anu All
the ships commanded by Christian captains,
and all the universities under the instruction
of Christian professors; Christian kings,
Christian presidents, Christian governors,
Christian mayors, Christian common council
Yet, what a securing out! what al upturnlng!
what a demolition! what resurrection Hust
precede this new apportionmentl
do not undeIrate the enemy. julius
Cespr got his greatest victories by fully estl-
mating the vastness of his foes aud prepared
his men for their greatest triumph Oy say ny:
Tomorrow King duba Will be here WIN
| thirty thousand horses one hundred thousanu
| Administers, and three hundred elephants.
| do not unlerrate the vast forces of Sin and
| Death but do you know who commands us,
| Jehoyah-Jireh And the reserve corps behind
| Us are all the armies of heaven and earth,
| With hurricane and thunderbOlt The good
work of the worlds redemption IS gong on
every minute. Never so many splendid men
| and glorious women on the side OF right as
| today. Never so many good people as now.
| DioCenes has been spoken OF AS wise man
because be went with lantern at MONDAY:
saving he was looking for an honest man: III
| be had turned his lantern towards himself ne
might have discovered a crank.
| Honest men by the ten thousa nd! Through
| the International Series OF Sunday School
| Lessons the next generation all through
| Christendom are going tO be wiser than any
generation since the world stood The king
dom is coming. God can do it No housewife
| with a channels cloth ever polished silver
teaspoon with more ease than Christ will rub
| of from this world the tarnish, and brighten
| II mn till IL glows like heaven, and then the
glorious superintendent, for my text Is rein
| forced by score Of other texts, when 1t says
of Christ: she shall divide the spoil with the
strong"
But YOU saw, ''that this Is pleasant to
think Of for others, but before that time
shall have passed up ino another existence,
and shall get no advantage from that new
superintendent" All, you have only driven
ME TO the other more exciting and transport
ing consideration, and that is Christ is going
70 divide up heaven In the same way. There
are old estates in the celestial world that have
been in the poss sson of its inhabitants for
thousands of Years, and they shall remain
as they are. There are old family mansions In
heaven filed with whole generations OF kin
dred, and they shall never be driven out
Many of the victors from earth have already
| got their palaces, and they are pointed out u
10 those newly arrived. Soon after our getting
!, there we will ask to be shown the Apostolic
residences, and ask where does Paul live, anC
John, and shown the patriarchal residences
and shall say: 'Where does Abraham live, o.
. JacobP' and shown the MARTYR residences ant
4 saw: "Where does John Huss live, and Rid
, leyr, We will want to see the boulevard
, where the chariots Of conquerors roll. will
; want to see the gardens where the prince
] | walked.
We will want to see Music Row, where Han
r | del. and HAYDN, and Mozart and Charlie
2 Wesley, and Thomas Hastings, and BradDur
. have their homes out Of their windows, eve
= and anon, rolling some sonnet of an earthl
e oratoro or hymn transported with the CON
r | poser. We will want to see Revival Terrace
9 where Whitefeld and Nettleton, and Payson
n and Rowland H II, and Charles Finney, an
e other giants of soul-reaplng are resting froT
q their almost supernatural labors, their door
n thronged with converts just arrived, coming {
Il report themselves
d But brilliant as the sunset, and lik
u the leaves for number, are the cele:
" tial homes yet to be awarded, whe
e Christ to you, and the millions Of other:
Is shall divide the spoil What do you wan
l. therel You shall have it. An orchard! Tier
,e IL is; twelve manner Of fruit, aud fruit ever
u month Do you want river scener'! TAX
1t your choice on the banks Of the river, in Ions
D. err wider, deeper roll than Danube, or Ams
of zon, or Mississippi. If mingled in one, and emf
" tying into the sea OF glass mingled with fir
Is Do YOU want your kindred back againi q
N out and meet your father and mother withor
o. the staff or stoop, and your Oh ldren In dant
es of immoral glte. Do you want thronet s.
d. lect IL from the million FURNISHED elevation
m Do you want a crownt Pick 1t out OF TN
n mountain of diamonded coronets. Do yc
q. want your old church friends of earth aroun
as youi Begin to hum an old revival tune ar
a, they will flock from all quarters to revel vii
I'd YOU In sacred Renaissance. Ali the earth +
Of those who are here on earth at the time
lie continental and planetary distribution, and 9
ne the heavens for those who are there.
That heavenly distribution of spoils will
We a surprise to many. Here enters heaven q
he soul Of man who took up great deal
an room on earth but sacrificed little, and amol
Ia his good works sc ishness was evident.
d, Just crowds through the shining gate, but
nd Is a very tight squeeze so that the door-keer
at has to pull away to get him In, and this III
ut expects half heaven for his share OF trophit
n, and be would like monopoly OF all his sple
ii dor, and to purchase lots In the suburbs
nd that he could get advantage from the grow
of the eitv. Well, he had little grace
he heart, Just enough to get him through, and
Till him Is given a second hand crown which O
ew of the saints wore at the start, but eXchang
ut for brighter one as he went on from glory
of glory And he is put in an old hot
in once occupied BY an angel who
/ hurled out OF Heaven at the time OF Sata
ars rebellion.
lief Right after him comes a soul that make:
les great stir among the celestials, aud the ang
lus rush to the scene each bringing to her q
nd cling coronet. Who Is shet over what req
ties on earth was she queen. In what great ID
ON seldorf festival was she the cantatri
FOL Neither She was an invalid who never
cps her room for twenty years; but she was strt
INV in PRAYER and she PRAYED down revival al
so revival, and pentecost after pentecost, vi
IL the churches, and with her pale hands she X
ted many a mitten and tippet for the poor,
The with her contrivances she added joy TO man
E IL holiday festival, and now, with those I
ride hands so strong for kindness, AID with th
the white lips so strong for duplication, she
sew won coronation, and enthronement, and j.
in lee. And Christ says TO the angles who b
Of brought each a crown for the glorified inva
poll "No, not these; they are not good enOu
ION But in the iewelled vase at the right hand
of nv throne there Is one that have
able preparing for her many year. and Tor
ring every pang have set an amethyst, ana
we her every good deed j have set pc